Tuesday, November 16, 2010

BLOG #11 The On-line Debut of my (old but so good) short film SMACKERS!

Pucker up, people. It's Smackers.

So my bigtime Producer just emailed me reminding me that that I have a blog deadline looming and although she was aware that this blog would be dedicated to the online premiere of my short film SMACKERS, she kindly suggested that maybe I could mention some topics that are trending to move my blog up up up on the search engines and out of the small circle of my friends who are kind enough to read it.

I thought, "Sure. No problem. I'm all about trending. Trending and transmedia and social networking. Look out future, here comes a girl who wore a rainbow belt with a Smurfette buckle halfway through the eighties."

I figured I could throw some casual references to current events and/or popular people into today's blog and reach millions. Easy. Peazy. Then I googled "trending."

Here's Google's list of what's trending at 8:52 on Monday November 14th.

Steve Smith

Niciolas Cage

Ravens vs Falcons

Latin Grammy

Cruise

Soros

Android Gingerbread

Missile

Los 4.2 release

Garfield

Effing Garfleid? WHAT?! No Thanksgiving? No Harry Potter? Maybe I don't understand what trending is. I admit it - I barely have time to brush my teeth let alone my hair. I have a precious hour and a half to write during naps and then another hour after bedtime IF I skip washing the dishes. I'm a mom! Keeping up with a fifteen month old who can stand on chairs and unpack a toy box in under 10 seconds is donkey bonkers. By the way, all you mom bloggers who seem to have time to make sugar free organic carrot cupcakes with bunny ears and then write about it, what are you snorting???

I don't even have time to look all the trending things up to find out WHY they're trending.

So I ask you, readers: Is Steven Smith a football player? Did Nick Cage get arrested? What kind of Cruise is in the news - Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruise, Booze Cruise? I was so curious about Adroid Gingerbread (a new edible robot perhaps?) that I learned we'll soon be using our phones to pay for things - Not sure yet if it lets you pay with rollover minutes.

Okay - so this brings me to the long overdue reason for this post.... sharing SMACKERS - the first short I ever wrote and directed. It enjoyed a very long festival run back before VIRAL had anything to do with the internets... but it is super duper viral.

Clocking in at a mere minute and a half, Smackers parables the downfall of Junior High royalty. Hopefully, it'll give you a good quick laugh at your desk this morning.

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About Me

Tara Miele is a screenwriter and director. Born in New York and now based in Los Angeles, Tara began her career working for the very talented Jodi Foster and sold her first screenplay at the age of 27. Her award winning short films have played festivals all over the world, including South by Southwest, Slamdance, and Newport Beach. THE LAKE EFFECT, an independent feature film about a man who must learn to be a father before he becomes a grandfather, is Tara's first feature film. The film was awarded the Spirit of Moondance at the Moondance Film Festival, Best Ensemble Acting and Best Screenplay at the Phoenix Film Festival and earned Tara a place on Raindance Film Festival's list of the Top Ten American Indie Directors to Watch.